The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-08-26
PremonitiOns OF Death.

PremOnitiOns of Death.
Little Agnes Buckley. a police.
mans daughter of NewburypoIt,
hPd a strong realization of her ap.
preaching death, although the ply
sicians had not given her up, says
the Chicago Mail. On the day she
died she called her mother to her
bedside to make arrangements for
the funeral, and announced that she
had only minute or two to live.
just then the gate clicked and she
heard her fathers coming up the
walk. Raising herself in bed with
her remaining strength the child
cried out: "Hurry up, papa; I'll
wait a minute for you" The ago.
nized father heard the cry aud rush.
ed up the stairs to the bedroom.
He had barely time to take his
daughter IN his arms when she
whispered "Gocd- bye" to him aud
expired.
A Young woman employed as a
domestic by Denver family mar
RED private soldier in the regular
army year before, and immediate.
ly after the wedding returned to her
service, while her husband was sent
out to Fort Union in New Mexico.
One afternoon, while sitting in the
kitchen she heard tapping at the
window, and on looking up saw the
face of her husband there. The ap.
partition remained for minute with.
out speaking, and then slowly tad.
ed away. The young woman ran
screaming into the presence OF the
family, related her strange expe-
rience to them, aud tainted. Later
in the day she received o telegram
from the fort announcing that her
husband bad died of fever the day
before.
A Nashville lady dreamed one
night recently that her old school
friend, whose bridemaid she had
been at her wedding to a Virginia
plauter a year before, had died sud.
denly, and that she was present
at the funeral. The lady refused
to be convinced that it was not
prem0nltion of death. A week
later delayed letter reached the
lady informing her that her friend
had died at about the same time
with the occurrence of the dream.
A Confederate veteran related in
Amencus, Ga, the other day,
strange coincidence that attended
the death of Capt. Winn, gallant
Georgian, who was killed at Getty S.
burg. The captain had frequently
bOaSted that ttthe bullet was not
moulded that was 10 lay him low"
but on the day OF the fight his wife
was startled to see the oil portrait
of her husband fall with crash TO
the floor from the wall on which it
hung in her parlor. SinguIarly
enough, the only damage dOne to
the picture was in the shape OF a
small hole which was punctured
through the forehead by chair
foot which the painting struck in
its fall. Two days later news came
from the field that tue Captain had
been killed by bullet, which had
struck him squarely in the forehead.
Louisa Benn, the daughter of u
laborer in Wednerburg, England,
made up her mind to emigrate to
and gained the consent
of her parents. Just before she
was to sail, however, her mother
dreamed that the ship which was
to carry her daughter struck Il rock
near tue Australian coast aud went
down with great loss of lite. She
succeeded in dIssuading louisa
from going, but not until the girls
baggage had been placed on board
tue vessel and every preparation
made for her departure. The ship
went down, as Mrs. Benn had i'm
agined it would, and among the
lives lost were those of several
girls who were to have been LOuisa's
companions.